What Leads You, Expectations Or Inspirations?

"Can you tell me the way to India?" asked a man in an open rowboat, coming alongside, as we sailed off Portsmouth. Our master instructor prepared to give him an exact compass reading, but the man said: "Just point the way."

Without a wrinkle in his British reserve, our captain pointed west. "Go that way to the Isle of Wight, and turn left." Thanking us, he rowed off, his little boat gradually becoming a speck in a very large sea, as we watched in stunned disbelief !

My fiance and I were learning the technicalities of navigation at sea with expert sailors. I had no particular goal, and now, more than thirty years later, I've forgotten most of what I learned. . . except for this incident that struck me to the core with deep awe.

I didn't know the difference between inspiration and perspiration, and often expected novelty to supply fresh motivation. And it often did, for a moment. You probably travel through much the same territory each day too, whatever your daily activities. Mostly that's all to the good. It's also comforting and efficient.

Maybe you're so used to the same old routine that you don't even realise you've run out of passion for life, trying to fill expectations and obligations. When familiar ways of working no longer hold any passion, how can you explore new territory without a reliable source of inspiration?

There was such an inspired glow about the man in the rowboat that I felt sure he'd reach somewhere exciting, even if he didn't make it to India. He had something we didn't - a destination worth the risk. All he needed was the way pointed out.

The only directions he needed were really quite simple. His deep passion would supply the rest. Why bother with something technically complicated when you're being led by an inspiration from deep within your heart? Who knew there's an infinite source of creative inspiration close inside, and all you need is to have the way pointed out?

Like me, you may have tried using your mind to learn a new technique for your work. My mind tends to run a tight ship, and I can take someone else's map and try to do what's expected of me. When you try to follow someone else's map in creative work, your fear of wandering into the unknown and getting lost keeps you within the boundaries of the usual. Stay within the usual territory and you run out of imagination, patience and courage, and you never find what you seek.

It was many years and experiences later before I learned that the way to discovering the creative potential within was open to anyone. Once you can gain a sense of personal orientation, a self that knows its own centre, unafraid of being who you are, then you are never quite lost.

Drawing from within on your spiritual source is not technical like taking a sextant reading. It's about drawing from your deepest wellsprings and using this infinite source to point the way to heal and enrich your whole life. With access to your heart, and trust in that compass, an infinite number of possibilities for finding new and original territory is yours.

Guided by your infinitely stronger inner compass, all the techniques you already know or might learn can be put to better use. Then you won't be led by outer requirements, but by inner inspiration. You might not set off to row to India, but you'll be free to set your sights on the bliss of your choosing.

Hello, I'm Celeste Varley and it is my passion to help people seeking spiritual development to find and explore their own inborn potential for visual expression. Once you learn a new way of seeing, you can access and express deeper feelings that are normally hidden. If this article speaks to your heart, you may want to see more "Fresh Horses" articles on my website. Check it out and see if it's right for you. Celeste Varleyhttp://www.heartsongstudio.com Discover, uncover and recover your wild creative potential!

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